Ho Surname
Approximately 1,909,912 people bear this surname
Ho Surname User-submission:
This surname comes form the Classical Chinese hú (胡), which meant 'dewlap', 'wattle' and was a variant Chinese character for 'how', 'why', 'what' (he 何), 'long-lasting', 'far-reaching' (xia 遐), 'part of a dagger-axe', hu- in 'butterfly' (hudie 蝴蝶), or possibly 'northern barbarians'.
Read More About This SurnameHo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 1,251,773 | 1:74 | 13 |
| South Korea | 341,792 | 1:150 | 28 |
| United States | 60,578 | 1:5,983 | 698 |
| Malaysia | 57,520 | 1:513 | 60 |
| India | 36,729 | 1:20,884 | 1,613 |
| Hong Kong | 33,354 | 1:220 | 53 |
| Singapore | 16,862 | 1:327 | 54 |
| Canada | 16,767 | 1:2,198 | 240 |
| Thailand | 11,940 | 1:5,916 | 220 |
| Cambodia | 11,217 | 1:1,381 | 332 |
| Australia | 8,930 | 1:3,023 | 415 |
| Indonesia | 7,035 | 1:18,799 | 2,275 |
| France | 6,453 | 1:10,293 | 1,000 |
| England | 5,592 | 1:9,964 | 1,468 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,247 | 1:5,881 | 817 |
| China | 4,620 | 1:295,957 | 237 |
| Myanmar | 3,222 | 1:16,120 | 370 |
| Madagascar | 3,104 | 1:7,619 | 1,529 |
| Philippines | 2,830 | 1:35,773 | 5,463 |
| Bangladesh | 2,343 | 1:68,014 | 3,342 |
| Japan | 2,257 | 1:56,643 | 4,354 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,572 | 1:5,828 | 741 |
| Taiwan | 1,380 | 1:16,989 | 257 |
| Pakistan | 1,127 | 1:158,513 | 4,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,094 | 1:9,537 | 804 |
| Brazil | 996 | 1:214,934 | 8,286 |
| South Africa | 954 | 1:56,790 | 7,214 |
| New Zealand | 822 | 1:5,509 | 892 |
| Panama | 822 | 1:4,759 | 554 |
| Scotland | 804 | 1:6,659 | 1,038 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Egypt | 702 | 1:130,963 | 10,408 |
| Netherlands | 702 | 1:24,056 | 3,902 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Brunei | 507 | 1:826 | 163 |
| Mauritius | 440 | 1:2,940 | 517 |
| Sweden | 394 | 1:24,992 | 2,031 |
| Norway | 353 | 1:14,567 | 1,701 |
| Macau | 348 | 1:1,729 | 216 |
| Germany | 326 | 1:246,949 | 26,884 |
| Iran | 315 | 1:243,754 | 18,552 |
| Qatar | 309 | 1:7,631 | 826 |
| Venezuela | 269 | 1:112,283 | 3,930 |
| Russia | 230 | 1:626,622 | 54,766 |
| Suriname | 224 | 1:2,467 | 352 |
| Algeria | 218 | 1:177,209 | 21,974 |
| Belgium | 204 | 1:56,356 | 9,132 |
| Wales | 175 | 1:17,683 | 1,917 |
| Switzerland | 174 | 1:47,201 | 6,376 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Portugal | 160 | 1:65,114 | 3,431 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Jamaica | 153 | 1:18,758 | 1,684 |
| Denmark | 136 | 1:41,505 | 4,326 |
| American Samoa | 110 | 1:507 | 25 |
| Spain | 110 | 1:425,019 | 22,707 |
| Peru | 105 | 1:302,706 | 11,321 |
| Ireland | 101 | 1:46,623 | 3,460 |
| French Polynesia | 98 | 1:2,865 | 605 |
| Guam | 82 | 1:1,953 | 256 |
| Northern Ireland | 78 | 1:23,654 | 2,695 |
| Mexico | 78 | 1:1,591,362 | 16,746 |
| Austria | 76 | 1:112,045 | 15,874 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 75 | 1:18,186 | 2,188 |
| Belize | 65 | 1:5,469 | 935 |
| Uzbekistan | 65 | 1:475,833 | 11,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Argentina | 60 | 1:712,390 | 48,679 |
| Aruba | 60 | 1:1,725 | 246 |
| Ukraine | 60 | 1:758,712 | 77,596 |
| Costa Rica | 57 | 1:83,861 | 1,536 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Curaçao | 47 | 1:3,346 | 74 |
| Finland | 47 | 1:116,951 | 11,447 |
| Chile | 42 | 1:419,440 | 11,239 |
| Ecuador | 42 | 1:378,711 | 9,777 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Italy | 28 | 1:2,184,167 | 91,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 24 | 1:736,771 | 48,237 |
| Iceland | 23 | 1:16,526 | 1,395 |
| Seychelles | 23 | 1:4,017 | 661 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| North Korea | 16 | 1:1,569,815 | 66 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Armenia | 13 | 1:225,398 | 5,875 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Guatemala | 12 | 1:1,340,222 | 5,550 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1:145,007 | 19,402 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 236 | 1:212,791 | 18,243 |
The alternate forms: Hô (14), Hò (3) & Hó (3) are calculated separately.
Ho (633,178) may also be a first name.
Ho Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes form the Classical Chinese hú (胡), which meant 'dewlap', 'wattle' and was a variant Chinese character for 'how', 'why', 'what' (he 何), 'long-lasting', 'far-reaching' (xia 遐), 'part of a dagger-axe', hu- in 'butterfly' (hudie 蝴蝶), or possibly 'northern barbarians'.
- nadiahoth(Sino-Vietnamese) Depending on the transliteration, this may refer to either Hồ (Chinese Hu 胡, literally meaning 'dewlap', 'wattle', but with the secondary meaning of 'long-lasting') or Hà (Chinese He 何, meaning 'why' or 'where', but with the secondary Vietnamese meaning of 'to exhale').
- miwasatoshiHo Demographics
Average Ho Salary in
United States
$49,714 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ho (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻮ, Hindi: हो, Marathi: हो, Oriya: େହା) is held by more people in Vietnam than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Hô, Hò or Hó. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ho? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ho is the 286th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,816 people. Ho is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Ho live; 71 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 1,551st most common first name in the world It is held by 633,178 people.
It is most commonly used in Vietnam, where it is borne by 1,251,773 people, or 1 in 74. In Vietnam Ho is primarily concentrated in: Mekong River Delta, where 21 percent live, North Central, where 19 percent live and Southeast, where 18 percent live. Excluding Vietnam it exists in 165 countries. It also occurs in South Korea, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Ho Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ho has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ho surname grew 25,669 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 279,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ho Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (92%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Ho surname are 13.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.4% registered with the party.
The amount Ho earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 56.7% less than the national average, earning €13,003 per year; in Norway they earn 18.46% less than the national average, earning 282,178 kr per year; in Peru they earn 56.05% more than the national average, earning S/. 30,251 per year; in South Africa they earn 36.89% more than the national average, earning R 325,308 per year; in Vietnam they earn 4.81% less than the national average, earning 78,472,700 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 15.21% more than the national average, earning $49,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.21% more than the national average, earning $58,233 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hô | 83 | 14 | / |
| Hò | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hó | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hou | 80 | 4,316,647 | / |
| Cho | 80 | 2,119,473 | / |
| Huo | 80 | 1,090,410 | / |
| Hoa | 80 | 155,230 | / |
| Kho | 80 | 121,119 | / |
| Hoy | 80 | 32,219 | / |
| Hoo | 80 | 20,370 | / |
| Hoi | 80 | 17,798 | / |
| Hot | 80 | 16,449 | / |
| Hoh | 80 | 8,748 | / |
| Hop | 80 | 7,749 | / |
| Hod | 80 | 7,328 | / |
| Hos | 80 | 4,782 | / |
| Hoz | 80 | 1,858 | / |
| Hoß | 80 | 1,013 | / |
| Hoj | 80 | 168 | / |
| Hoť | 80 | 38 | / |
| Hoš | 80 | 19 | / |
| Hjo | 80 | 13 | / |
| Hoč | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hoï | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hho | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hoć | 80 | 1 | / |
| O | 67 | 1,853,071 | / |
| Chou | 67 | 494,067 | / |
| Choi | 67 | 439,579 | / |
| Hood | 67 | 109,809 | / |
| Choy | 67 | 63,580 | / |
| Choo | 67 | 50,835 | / |
| Khoo | 67 | 47,960 | / |
| Huot | 67 | 40,838 | / |
| Hoyt | 67 | 30,506 | / |
| Hoss | 67 | 27,738 | / |
| Hoch | 67 | 25,699 | / |
| Chot | 67 | 20,447 | / |
| Hopp | 67 | 18,683 | / |
| Hopf | 67 | 13,665 | / |
| Khoi | 67 | 9,337 | / |
| Hott | 67 | 7,067 | / |
| Host | 67 | 5,318 | / |
| Choj | 67 | 5,297 | / |
| Hout | 67 | 4,089 | / |
| Chop | 67 | 4,088 | / |
| Chuo | 67 | 3,764 | / |
| Hooy | 67 | 3,755 | / |
| Hoot | 67 | 3,480 | / |
| Hosh | 67 | 3,385 | / |
| Hoos | 67 | 3,310 | / |
| Hoop | 67 | 3,022 | / |
| Houd | 67 | 2,912 | / |
| Choa | 67 | 2,349 | / |
| Choh | 67 | 2,186 | / |
| Hosp | 67 | 2,179 | / |
| Khoy | 67 | 1,701 | / |
| Khou | 67 | 1,581 | / |
| Hots | 67 | 1,499 | / |
| Houx | 67 | 1,369 | / |
| Chod | 67 | 1,319 | / |
| Khoj | 67 | 1,057 | / |
| Hois | 67 | 944 | / |
| Houp | 67 | 943 | / |
| Chos | 67 | 716 | / |
| Hoit | 67 | 637 | / |
| Hodd | 67 | 624 | / |
| Hodz | 67 | 568 | / |
| Choz | 67 | 551 | / |
| Hous | 67 | 527 | / |
| Hooe | 67 | 470 | / |
| Hoid | 67 | 320 | / |
| Hoiß | 67 | 198 | / |
| Hoås | 67 | 196 | / |
| Hoys | 67 | 184 | / |
| Houh | 67 | 184 | / |
| Hoyd | 67 | 159 | / |
| Houz | 67 | 139 | / |
| Hohu | 67 | 134 | / |
| Hojs | 67 | 133 | / |
| Hosz | 67 | 131 | / |
| Chho | 67 | 124 | / |
| Hodt | 67 | 113 | / |
| Hoih | 67 | 94 | / |
| Hocz | 67 | 90 | / |
| Hooß | 67 | 65 | / |
| Hojč | 67 | 63 | / |
| Hoyh | 67 | 41 | / |
| Huoy | 67 | 38 | / |
| Chgo | 67 | 38 | / |
| Hođa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Hodø | 67 | 29 | / |
| Hoij | 67 | 26 | / |
| Hooz | 67 | 22 | / |
| Khuo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Hojt | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hoøy | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hooa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hohy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hoiz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hgoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hoët | 67 | 5 | / |
| Choï | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hods | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hosť | 67 | 4 | / |
| Choć | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hhot | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Huod | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hodh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ho'a | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hosd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hoip | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hoës | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hoyj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hoyp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hozz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hojj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hozt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hošt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hotť | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hgou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hhoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hoht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hooj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoľa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoța | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hkho | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Ho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Choĺ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jhoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hozp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hohh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hohj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hodp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hojp | 67 | 1 | / |
Ho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ho in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻮ | hw | - |
| Ho in the Marathi language | ||
| हो | ho | - |
| Ho in the Oriya language | ||
| େହା | eha | 99.89 |
| Ho in the Hindi language | ||
| हो | ho | 97.73 |
| हॉ | ho | 2.27 |
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Ho Reference & Research
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